RECENTLY, ONE OF MY SONS ASKED THE OTHER, "HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LISTENED TO THELONIOUS MONK?"
THEIR NASCENT INTEREST CONFIRMS THAT ALL THOSE YEARS OF INFLICTING MY PREFERRED PLAYLISTS ON THEIR CAPTIVE EARS HAVE YIELDED FERTILE SPROUTS.
IN HONOR OF THE MATURATION OF THEIR CULTURAL SENSIBILITIES, I PREPARED THIS BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF JAZZ. THIS IS BY NO MEANS INTENDED TO BE COMPREHENSIVE BUT RATHER, AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE UNINITIATED AND A WELCOME RESPITE FOR THE JAZZOPHILE.
WITH THE RECENT PROLIFERATION OF JAZZ PERFORMANCES ON VIDEO AND THE PLETHORA OF MAGNIFICENT RECORDINGS TO CHOOSE FROM, THERE WERE MANY DIFFICULT OMISSIONS BUT, WE BEGIN WHERE WE BEGIN AND END WHERE WE END. HOPEFULLY, ALL WILL FIND SOMETHING WORTHWHILE TO ENJOY.
RAGTIME
JELLY ROLL MORTON - FINGERBUSTER 1905?
HOAGY CARMICHAEL - STARDUST - Original recorded in 1928 -
1933 version
I COVER THE WATERFRONT, DINAH, TIGER RAG
Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra
Rhythm Is Our Business 1935
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA FEATURING COOTIE WILLIAMS-
ECHOES OF HARLEM -1936
DUKE ELLINGTON - IT DON'T MEAN A THING
IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING - 1942
COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA - 1943
FATS WALLER WITH BOJANGLES ROBINSON
(CAMEO BY LENA HORNE) - 1943
BOP
DIZZY GILLESPIE - SALT PEANUTS - 1947
AND BUDDY (THE BASHER) RICH (1950)
THIS PERFORMANCE IS FROM 1950.
CHARLIE PARKER AND DIZZY GILLESPIE -HOT HOUSE 1952
PERDIDO (COMPOSED BY DUKE ELLINGTON) (1955)
RUBY, MY DEAR - 1957
MONK - "EVIDENCE"
MISTERIOSO - 1957
SONNY ROLLINS, (TENOR) WITH MONK (COMPOSER AND PIANO), MILT JACKSON (VIBES), ART BLAKEY (D), J,J. JOHNSON (TROMBONE) HORACE SILVER (P)(FOLLOWING JOHNSON SOLO) PAUL CHAMBERS (BASS)
WITH LOUIS ARMSTRONG
STRANGE FRUIT (ORIGINAL RECORDING 1944)
PERFORMANCE FROM 1958
1960's AVANTE GARDE
CHARLES MINGUS - GOOD BYE PORK PIE HAT
(THEME FOR LESTER YOUNG)
(THEME FOR LESTER YOUNG)
ORNETTE COLEMAN - CONGENIALITY FROM
"THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME" 1959ORCHESTRAL JAZZ
MILES DAVIS WITH JOHN COLTRANE. GIL EVANS CONDUCTING
MILES AHEAD - 1959
OUT THERE
JACKIE McLEAN AND BOBBY HUTCHERSON
PERUGGIA - 1983
PERRUGIA - 1983
VOCALESE
LAMBERT, HENDRICKS AND ROSS - 1961
ELLA FITZGERALD AND DUKE ELLINGTON
IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD - 1963
CHARLES MINGUS, JAKI BYARD AND ERIC DOLPHY MEDITATIONS ON INTEGRATION (A/K/A SO LONG, ERIC) 1964
BOSSA NOVA
STAN GETZ ASTRUD GILBERTO
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA - 1964
HARD BOP
HORACE SILVER - SENOR BLUES
DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHN COLTRANE
IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD - 1965
JOHN COLTRANE - A LOVE SUPREME (LIVE EXCERPT- 1965)
CHAMBER JAZZ
SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE
THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET - 1972
SERENADE TO A CUCKOO -1972
ECHOES OF HARLEM - 1973 FEATURING COOTIE WILLIAMS
BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH
OLIVER NELSON WITH ERIC DOLPHY (ALTO, FLUTE, BASS CLARINET)
BILL EVANS (P) AND FREDDIE HUBBARD (TRUMPET) -1961
MINGUS - DUET SOLO DANCERS FROM THE ALBUM
BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY -1965
FUSION
BITCHES BREW - MILES DAVIS 1971
BITCHES BREW - MILES DAVIS 1971
THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - 1973
CHICK COREA AND RETURN TO FOREVER
STANLEY CLARKE, AL DIMEOLA, LENNY CLARKE -1974
KEITH JARRETT SOLO - 1984
HENRY THREADGILL AND HIS SOCIETY SITUATION DANCE BAND - 1988
PHAROAH SANDERS WITH DAVID SANBORN - THEMBI - 1989
CHARLIE HADEN AND THE LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA -1990
DAVID S. WARE - FLIGHT OF I - 1991
McCOY TYNER AND BOBBY HUTCHERSON - NAIMA 1992
JOHN ZORN AND BAR KOKHBA 1999
JASON MORAN AND SAM RIVERS -SAY PEACE 2001
PAUL MOTION TRIO W/BILL FRISSEL (GUITAR) AND JOE LOVANO (SAX) - 2002
THE BAD PLUS - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - 2003
JAZZ PRESENT AND JAZ FUTURE REST ASSURED IN THE HANDS OF
WYNTON MARSALIS AND ELEVEN YEAR OLD PIANO PRODIGY
JOEY ALEXANDER
ESPERANZA SPALDING AT THE WHITE HOUSE -2016
JAZZ PRESENT AND JAZ FUTURE REST ASSURED IN THE HANDS OF
WYNTON MARSALIS AND ELEVEN YEAR OLD PIANO PRODIGY
JOEY ALEXANDER
THE OLD LION MEETS THE YOUNG - ESPERANZA SPALDING AND WAYNE SHORTER
FISTS OF FURY - KAMASI WASHINGTON 2018
IT ENDS WHERE IT ENDS, BUT THE MUSIC GOES ON FOREVER.
HL 12/21/14
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Johnny Hodges...!
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